Improvements relating to gravure printing

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EP 0 294 042 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/41

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/49

(21)	Application number: 88304242.6

(22)	Date of filing: 11.05.1988

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: B41F 9/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE GB

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Priority:

28.05.1987 GB 8712550

(71)	Applicant: CROSFIELD ELECTRONICS LIMITED
	London W1A 1DL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Aylett, Frank Henry Tring Hertfordshire HP23 5JH (GB)

(74)	Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund et al
	GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

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(54)	Improvements relating to gravure printing

(57) Apparatus for use in a gravure press comprises an electrically semiconducting impression roll (1) and a plurality of laterally spaced electrical contacts (11 - 18), which contact the surface of the impression roll (1). The .contacts (11 - 18) are connected to a power supply which enables a charge to be applied to the surface of the impression roll (1) via the contacts (11 - 18), each of the contacts (11 - 18) comprising a plurality of deflectable electrically conduction filaments (24).

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